Mt. Ord Road

Mt. Ord road takes off from Highway 87 north of Sunflower, Arizona. It goes to the top of Mt. Ord where there is a fire lookout tower. On the drive up we found lots of flowers to take pictures of. An exciting discovery was something I'd never seen before, a beautiful, yellow-flowering shrub. I found out what is is: Flannelbush - Fremontodendron californicum. I may have seen it before, but would never have paid much attention to it if it wasn't flowering. At the top, near the gate we found quite a few of what we believe are Doubting Mariposa Lilies - Calochortus ambiguus. They were very pretty, some a pale purple, almost white, others darker, more purple. At lower elevations we found some Opuntia engelmannii that had very large, golden-colored floweres. We didn't get to go up the lookout tower because the gate was locked.

Makes me want to visit...
... great new album, tammy, thanks for posting this. amanda and i drove past the mt. ord turnoff saturday and were talking about how we've not been up there. impressive that you found so much color! ~pw

Alan in Massachusetts

13-Jun-2008 01:25

Mt. Ord - memories of Arizona. I've lived "back East" for forty years now. On the week when my mother died, 1974, my father and I drove to the top of Mt. Ord as we were reflecting. Great country. Good pictures and memories. Thanks

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